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WHUS52 KKEY 070049
SMWKEY
GMZ033-035-044-070115-
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0151.260707T0049Z-260707T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
849 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 849 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORTHWEST CHANNEL BUOY 1 TO NEAR COTTRELL KEY,
MOVING WEST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MARQUESAS KEYS, SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, BOCA GRANDE, NORTHWEST CHANNEL
BUOY 1, AND COTTRELL KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2472 8166 2449 8202 2454 8215 2456 8217
2456 8218 2459 8213 2458 8211 2456 8211
2456 8210 2458 8210 2460 8212 2478 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 073DEG 6KT 2467 8180 2459 8196
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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